Ashley Bryant, Kahlil Williams

Ashley Marie Bryant and Kahlil Charles Williams were married Sept. 13 by Edwina Townes, a staff member in the office of the New York City Clerk, at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau.

On Sept. 17, the couple had a ceremony at Il Mercato, an event space in New Orleans, that was led by a friend, Cary P. McClelland, who became a Universal Life minister for the event.

Mrs. Williams, 30, is a director, overseeing corporate transactions, in the office of the general counsel at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Manhattan. She graduated from Northwestern University and also received a law degree from Harvard.

She is a daughter of Bobbi L. Harbourn and a stepdaughter of Charles T. Harbourn of Quincy, Ill. The bride’s stepfather retired as the owner of C & B Steel, a manufacturer of steel railings in Quincy.

Mr. Williams, 37, is a litigation associate at the Manhattan law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell. He graduated from Penn State, and also received a master’s degree in political science from the University of Pennsylvania and a law degree from Columbia.

He is the son of Evon G. Williams and Charles B. Williams, both of Philadelphia. The groom’s mother is a budget manager for the Philadelphia Housing Authority. His father retired as a master sergeant from the United States Air Force; he maintained missiles at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyo.

The couple met in 2012 at Davis Polk, where the bride was then an associate.